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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · 9h

Call for applications -- Global Southeast Asias Dissertation Workshop. Deadline Oct. 20! www.asianstudies.org/call-for-app...

Call for Applications: Global Southeast Asias Dissertation Workshop - Association for Asian Studies

Keywords: Southeast Asia, Global Studies March 10-12, 2026 Vancouver, Canada Application deadline: October 20, 2025 The Association for Asian Studies, with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation, i...

www.asianstudies.org

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 7d

Are you an undergrad student in Southeast Asia interested in applying for graduate schools abroad? Then join us for a special series of virtual roundtables focusing on discussing the process of applying for grad school!

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · 9d

Not to mention the multiple platforms they are using for homework and class assignments. We can barely keep track as parents. No way the sixth grader could do it without help.

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · 9d

Call for Papers for a special issue of Gender & Society on “Global Fault Lines: Gender, Religion, and Nationalism,” co-edited by Fauzia Husain (Queen’s University) and Rachel Rinaldo (University of Colorado Boulder).

Full details available at journals.sagepub.com/page/gas/cal...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 19d

🧵I urge everyone to read this important peer-reviewed study by some of the top scholars on the methods modern autocrats use to undermine democracy and civil rights.

@annapplegate.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social among the leading scholars involved.

I also summarized the study below.

The Tools of Autocracy Worldwide: Authoritarian Networks, the Façade of Democracy, and Neo-Repression - Deisy Del Real, Cecilia Menjívar, 2024

This special double issue identifies the tools and conditions that allow (re)emerging autocrats to undermine democratic traditions and constrain civil rights ac...

journals.sagepub.com

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 20d

During the European campaign of WW2, American troops would leave this character to let the NAZIs know that they were everywhere.
Kilroy is beginning to pop up in public spaces. He is the call for & promise of liberation. He is hope. He is everywhere.
Kilroy was here.

The anti-fascist character used by American troops in WW2 called Kilroy appears on a wooden post.

The anti-fascist character used by American troops in WW2 called Kilroy appears on a trailer.

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TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 21d

#NoCrowns
#NOKINGS
#Colorado
NO KINGS
Boulder Colorado
Saturday, October 18
3:30 – 5:30pm MDT
Boulder Bandshell
1212 Canyon Blvd
Southeast corner of Canyon and Broadway intersection.
Boulder, CO 80302
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

NO KINGS Boulder · Mobilize

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 23d

The end of Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships and National Resource Centers means the loss of critical language and area studies expertise across the United States. These are the actions of an administration that cannot imagine the future, presiding over a declining world power

Research at risk: Cultural fluency and critical language expertise | Cornell Chronicle

The federal government ended a program that has funded Cornell's Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program for decades.

news.cornell.edu

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · 27d

Today was my first experience with what has become a ritual of modern American parenthood -- having my child's school be on lockdown. Thankfully, it seems to have been a person mistakenly identified as being armed. Why does our society continue to allow this?
www.dailycamera.com/2025/09/11/l...

Report of a man with gun near Boulder’s Fairview High School prompted lockdowns, shelter-in-place orders

The man police identified as being the person reported with a gun was not armed but was carrying a cellphone and wearing a weighted vest while returning from a run.

www.dailycamera.com

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · 29d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Cats belonging to Indonesian politicians are the unexpected symbol of protests

Images of these frightened cats rescued by concerned citizens have struck a deep chord in cat-obsessed Indonesia.

www.abc.net.au

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Sep 7

Add potato knish!

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Sep 5

Back then, it was hard to get good quality fresh grapefruit in many places. Sugar was supposed to help with the sourness.

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Edward Aspinall @edwardaspinall.bsky.social · Sep 2

My take on the recent protests in Indonesia

www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...

Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala

A subculture of opposition survives beyond Jokowi

www.newmandala.org

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Sep 2

And here's an excellent piece by Indonesian sociologist Iim Halimatusa’diyah examining youth frustrations about the country's lack of job opportunities: fulcrum.sg/why-are-drea...

Why are Dream Jobs a Difficult Reality for Indonesian Youth? | FULCRUM

Competition for jobs in Southeast Asia’s largest country is fierce, frustrating, and fraught with feelings of disappointment for its youngest workers.

fulcrum.sg

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Sep 2

Broad concerns about inequality, corruption, and lack of opportunity are driving the protests -- as well as anger about police violence and re-militarization. Over 60% of Indonesian workers are in the informal economy. Precarity is the norm, even for some in the middle class.

‘The Bang, Bang, Bang’: How Protests, Tear Gas and Looting Roiled Indonesia

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 31

Good piece on what is driving the anger of protesters in Indonesia. theconversation.com/the-banality...

The banality of state violence: Why the Indonesian police have become a public enemy

Large-scale protests occur few times in Indonesia aimed at parliament. But police use excessive force to disperse mass, killing a civilian.

theconversation.com

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 30

Lysenko with a dash of social Darwinism might be the best historical comparison.

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 27

Area studies centers develop language and cultural expertise. The Center for Asian Studies at #CUBoulder is in the same situation as the other National Resource Centers. If already-awarded federal funds are not released by 9/30, many activities will end. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Federal Grants for Area Studies and Foreign Language at Risk

Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-stru...

www.insidehighered.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 25

I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today.

Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.

There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.

Governor JB Pritzker joined elected officials, business, faith, and education leaders, community advocates, and law enforcement leaders to condemn the Trump administration’s plan to deploy the National Guard or active duty military in Chicago despite objections from state and local leadership.

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's not just NIH/NSF, etc. Foreign language and area studies grants to universities are also threatened like never before.

Federal Grants for Area Studies and Foreign Language at Risk

Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-stru...

www.insidehighered.com

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · Aug 8

Many US universities were awarded federal funds for intl studies, including Foreign Language and Area Studies grants, for next year, but Dept of Ed has not released the funds that should begin next week. PLEASE call your reps and express support for release of TItle VI funds!!

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 11

Important! Area studies centers do not yet know if Title VI NRC/FLAS funds for 2025-2026 will be released. Please call your Senators and ask them to urge OMB to release these funds expeditiously and the U.S. Department of Education to issue non-competing continuation Grant Award Notifications (GAN).

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 11

#Sociologists! Great opportunity for recent/soon-to-be PhDs at the University of Colorado Boulder. #ASA2025 www.colorado.edu/postdoctoral...

Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Program OverviewThe University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is enriched by scholars whose backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences reflect the broad range

www.colorado.edu

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · Aug 11

Imo three things you can do in undergrad that will probably meaningfully improve your career chances (that aren’t highly contextual where the wind may shift and what’s happening to CS majors rn might happen):

-become statistically numerate

-learn another language

-learn to write well

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Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sociologists interested in the Global South! If you will be at the upcoming ASA conference in Chicago, please join me for this exciting session on the Sociology of Development. August 10, 10 - 11:30 am, East Tower, Hyatt Regency, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Randolph 1A. Hope to see you there!

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